Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 8,159 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Robert Wood (1844-?)
New Orleans Massacre, 1866
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New Orleans Massacre (1866)
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(1901) William Hooper Councill’s Letter to the White People of Alabama
Ernest C. Tanner
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Ernest C. Tanner (1889-1956)

Explore Global African History

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Andrea Aguyar (a.k.a. Andrea Aquyar and Andrea il Moro), 1810?-1849
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(1959) Nnamdi Azikiwe Honors Kwame Nkrumah on his Visit to Eastern Nigeria
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André Rigaud (1761-1811)
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Nairobi, Kenya (1899- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

Race Across America
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Resurrecting the Legacy of Eddie Gardner
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The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation: One Tennessee Community’s Odyssey from Slavery to Freedom
New York Times Article on the Lynching of George Smith, Obion County, April 1931
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Eyewitness to Terror: The Lynching of a Black Man in Obion County, Tennessee in 1931
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Race and Color in A California Coastal Community: The Seaside Story

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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